The MCPL Teaching Kitchen
The MCPL Teaching Kitchen
Our goal is to connect Library customers to culinary experts who can share their knowledge of food preparation, nutrition, foodways (eating habits and culinary practices of people, regions, or historical periods), food business, and more.
The Teaching Kitchen hosts programs each week from various expert instructors. Through food, we love to encourage further exploration, learning, reading, and community connections.
Apply To Be a Presenter
Apply To Be a Presenter
We are looking for talented, engaging, knowledgeable culinary experts who love to teach. Individuals and organizations with the chops to share their expertise can apply to be one of our expert presenters.
If you want to learn more about our programs, follow the link for our presenter FAQs (PDF, 155KB).
Teaching Kitchens Admittance Policies
Timeliness
- Customers on the confirmed registered list will be let into the Teaching Kitchen ahead of the listed program start time.
- Confirmed customer registrations will not be guaranteed after the listed program start time.
- All customers will sign into the program including signing the MCPL Customer Waiver Release.
- Seats cannot be saved for any customer who is not present to sign in.
- At program start time, any seats not occupied by customers in attendance will be offered to waitlisted customers.
- Customers wishing to claim unoccupied seats may sign the Teaching Kitchen Walk-Up Sign-Up List.
- Unoccupied seats will be offered to waitlisted customers in the order in which they signed the Walk-Up Sign-Up List.
- Any customer arriving after the listed program start time is not guaranteed program participation. Program seats and customer participation will strictly not be granted to any customer after the program instructor has begun safety cooking instructions.
Age
- All customers age 17 or younger must have a parent or guardian sign the MCPL Customer Waiver, Release ahead of or at the time of signing into the program.
- All customers age 13 or younger must be actively supervised by a responsible adult at all times and have a parent or guardian sign the MCPL Customer Waiver, Release ahead of or at the time of signing into the program.
- Customers of all ages are welcome to participate in any MCPL Teaching Kitchen program, so long as they abide by all MCPL Teaching Kitchen Rules and Admittance Procedures.